Today the franchise is worth a shade under $3 billion, but the only community owned team in major professional sports had humble beginnings. Now, a relic from its earliest days—one that speaks to those fly by the seat of your pants days—is on the auction block. Heritage Auctions is offering what it calls "one of the most significant early Green Bay Packers … [Read more...]
1939 Packers Team Signed Football at Auction is Rare Pre-War NFL Relic
While it’s not unusual to find team-signed baseballs from the 1930s and even earlier, similar memorabilia from the National Football League is virtually unheard of. The fragile nature of an inflatable football, the passage of time and the comparative lack of interest makes any multi-signed relic from the pre-War era of the NFL pretty rare today. Enter the current Heritage … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Sports Card Show Features Packers Super Bowl Reunion
Members of the Green Bay Packers’ Super Bowl XXXI championship team, including quarterback Brett Favre and fellow Hall of Famer Ron Wolf, will appear at a sports card show slated for Wisconsin State Fair Park in Milwaukee on Decmeber 1. The show, produced by long-time local dealer Ball Four Sports, will mark the first time so many members of Green Bay’s third Super Bowl team … [Read more...]
Notes: Value of SGC’s NSCC Display; T206 Exhibit a Big Hit; Mayweather Signs; Packers Sets
As we showed you last month, SGC offered a museum-like display of high-end baseball cards, jerseys and other memorabilia at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland. It was to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary. So how much was it all worth? Over $37 million. The display included perhaps the most valuable collectible contract in sports - the … [Read more...]
Saint Jim: 1967 Taylor Jersey Coming to Auction
Sunday’s game between the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints came 50 seasons after one of the greatest players in pro football history went from one of those franchises to the other. Bring up Jim Taylor’s name and most any football fan will picture a crew-cut, hard-nosed running back for Vince Lombardi’s Packers. Indeed, Taylor was one of the most important … [Read more...]
Ray Nitschke’s Last Jersey Coming to Auction
The jersey tells the story of the man’s longevity. Ray Nitschke, who entered the NFL only four years after facemasks were still optional, ended his career wearing a mesh jersey with his name on the back. That jersey, strongly believed to be the last one he ever wore in competition, is about to go on the auction block. Consigned to Heritage Auctions’ November … [Read more...]
Melvin Gordon, Ty Montgomery Sign Exclusive Autograph Deals
An Iowa-based sports memorabilia company has signed exclusive autograph contracts with NFL running backs Melvin Gordon and Ty Montgomery. Superstars of the Game, based in Dubuque, will offer various products featuring the two players, adding newly created player-specific holograms for both players to each item. Gordon’s first private signing with the company will take … [Read more...]
Five Rare Ray Nitschke Oddball Collectibles
A tough, hard-nosed competitor on the field and an equally soft touch off it, linebacker Ray Nitschke enjoyed a 15-year playing career with the Green Bay Packers. A third round pick in 1957, he joined the Packers out of the University of Illinois and became one of the key members of Vince Lombardi's 1960s juggernaut. While his Topps cards are highly desired by fans, … [Read more...]
Notes: Old Packers Cert a Steal?; Sherman’s Jerseys; AZ Shops Bustling
It was one of hundreds of items sold during the recent Super Bowl Auction in Houston but not everyone realized just how significant it really was. A franchise certificate issued to the Green Bay Packers by NFL president Joe Carr sold for $19,550. That may have been a huge bargain for the buyers, Packers collector Chris Nerat and an anonymous partner in … [Read more...]
Vince Lombardi’s 1956 NFL Championship Ring, Other Items Going to Auction
Vince Lombardi coached his final NFL game 47 years ago this week. Now, seven lots of personal memorabilia with direct provenance to the legendary late NFL head coach will be featured in SCP Auctions’ Winter Premier online auction which starts on Wednesday, January 4. Among the items consigned by Vince Lombardi Jr., the coach's only son, is the 1956 New … [Read more...]